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System requirements

Before you install Sitefinity CMS, you have to make sure that your system complies with the following requirements:
Components  Requirements
Server-side Requirements
  • Microsoft® Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, Windows Vista,  Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Azure

    NOTE: To deploy your Sitefinity CMS project to Windows Azure, you must first create and develop your project locally, using one of the other supported Windows platforms.

    NOTE: You cannot run Sitefinity CMS under Windows XP. 

  • Sitefinity CMS supports both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows operating systems.
  • Internet Information Services 7+
  • Microsoft® .NET Framework 4.5
    All modules, except Feather, are backward compatible with .NET Framework 4.0
    If you want to run Sitefinity CMS on .NET Framework 4.0, perform procedure Run Sitefinity CMS on .NET Framework 4.0.
  • Microsoft® ASP.NET MVC 5
    You can download and install it from https://www.microsoft.com/web/gallery/install.aspx?appid=MVC5.
Database Platforms Supported platforms:
  • Microsoft® SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2014
  • Microsoft® SQL Express 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2014
  • Microsoft® Azure SQL
  • Oracle
  • MySQL version between 5.0.3 and 5.5
Memory Requirements
 500+ MB
Hard disk 400+ MB
Supported Browsers
  • Internet Explorer 11+
  • Firefox 3.6 +
  • Chrome 8+

JavaScript must be enabled on all browsers.
For development Microsoft® Visual Studio 2012, 2013, and 2015

IMPORTANT: To successfully deploy Sitefinity CMS, your hosting provider must support .NET 4.5 Framework and Full trust.

Running your Sitefinity CMS website in a cloud environment

You can run your website in any cloud environment that supports Windows Server role instances, such as RackSpace and Amazon AWS. In these scenarios, you can set up your website as part of a load-balanced environment. 
Auto scaling in load-balanced scenarios is supported only for Windows Azure cloud service. In all other cloud IaaS providers Sitefinity CMS supports only the standard Network Load Balancing mode.
For more information, see Deploy projects to Windows Azure and Load balancing.

Geo location service

If you want to use Geo location API, you must use Microsoft SQL Server or SQL Express 2008 or higher. Microsoft SQL Server and SQL Express 2005, Oracle, and MySQL do not support Geo Location API.
For more information about Geo locations, see Address custom field.

IMPORTANT: If you are using Microsoft SQL Server and SQL Express 2005, Oracle, or MySQL databases, disable Geo locations in the following way:

  1. Click Administration » Settings » Advanced.
  2. In the treeview on the left, click GeoLocations » Providers » Default.
  3. Deselect Enabled checkbox and save your changes.

Silverlight requirements

Silverlight settings are optional. You must configure your environment for Silverlight, only if you want to support browsers that do not support HTML5.

If you need to use Silverlight, you must, perform the following:

  • If you want to use IIS, you must configure it for Silverlight Application.
    For more information, see Configure the IIS to host Sitefinity CMS projects » Configuring IIS for Silverlight applications.
  • If you are going to do Silverlight development, you must install Silverlight 4.0 Tools. 

    NOTE: Silverlight 4+ is not supported for MAC PowerPC.

IMPORTANT: This version of Sitefinity CMS is out of support and the respective product documentation is no longer maintained and can be outdated. Use the version selector to view a supported product version.

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